Full Description
The perception of the immigrant as criminal or deviant has a long history in the United States, with many groups (e.g., Irish, Italians, Latinos) having been associated with perceived increases in crime and other social problems, although data suggest this is not necessarily the case. This Handbook examines the relationship between immigration and crime by presenting chapters reflecting key issues from both historical and current perspectives. The volume includes a range of topics related to immigration and crime, such as the links between immigration rates and crime rates, nativity and crime, and the social construction of the criminal immigrant, as well as historical and current immigration policy vis-à-vis perceptions of the criminal immigrant. Other topics covered in this volume include theoretical perspectives on immigration and assimilation, sanctuary cities, and immigration in the context of the "war on terror."
The Routledge Handbook on Immigration and Crime fills the gap in the literature by offering a volume that includes original empirical work as well as review essays that deliver a complete overview of immigration and crime relying on both historical and contemporary perspectives. It is a key collection for students in immigration courses; scholars and researchers in diverse disciplines including criminal justice, criminology, sociology, demography, law, psychology, and urban studies; and policy makers dealing with immigration and border security concerns.
Contents
Immigration and Crime: An Introduction to the Handbook
PART I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON IMMIGRATION AND CRIME
1. On the History of Immigration and Crime
2. Aliens Addicting Us: A Historical Perspective of Immigration and Drug Control Policy
PART II. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON IMMIGRATION AND CRIME
3. The Classical Assimilation Model: A Controversial Canon
4. Segmented Assimilation and Crime: Rethinking the Relationship between Assimilation and Crime
5. Theoretical Perspectives on the Immigration-Crime Relationship
PART III. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON IMMIGRATION AND CRIME
6. Immigration and Crime Rates: Lasting Trends and New Understandings
7. Immigration and Gangs
8. Immigrants as Victims
9. Immigrant Generation Differences in Crime and Violence: Disentangling Myth and Perception from Empirical Reality
10. Latino Immigration and Crime
11. Crime and Delinquency among Asian Immigrants in the United States
12. Afro-Caribbean Immigration and Crime
13. Eastern European Immigration and Crime
PART IV. CURRENT ISSUES IN IMMIGRATION AND CRIME
14. Two Decades of Constructing Immigrants as Criminals
15. Immigration and Terrorism
16. Immigration within Contemporary Political Discourse
17. Policing & Punishing Illegality in the United States
18. Immigrants in the Federal Court System
19. With Mass Deportation Comes Mass Punishment: Punitive Capacity, Health, and Standards in US Immigrant Detention
20. Sanctuary Cities and Crime
